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Ehud Manor
… Ehud Manor won the Israel Prize in 1998. As part of the reasons for the award, … Hebrew songs for generations. Ehud Manor, a member of 'Kol Yisrael' and 'The First Channel', is a virtuoso translator of … was Weiner. As a student of psychology and English in the early 1960s, he edited radio programs on 'Gal Hakol' and …
Jo Amar
… In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined … Amar was a leader of the emerging Mizrahi music scene in Israel, however during the early years of his career authentic Mizrahi music was …
Joel Walbe
… . In 1920, during the Third Aliyah (wave of immigration to Israel), Walbe boarded a ship to Palestine , as part of a … lessons with Birbis, Walbe continued to study with famous Israeli musicians, such as the composer Erich Walter … studies in Vienna , Walbe began composing art music in the early 1940's. His first compositions of this kind were art …
Paul Ben-Haim
… emigrated to Palestine in 1933) was the most recognized Israeli composer abroad, at least until the 1970s. A … a career as a conductor of operas in Germany in the early 1930s, which he was forced to forsake following the … His conservative German, post Mahler-Strauss style with early twentieth century French influences (tinted with local …
Reuben Rinder
… Binder, Leon Kramer, and Lazare Saminsky ) built upon his early connections with Steven Wise and was modeled after … and creating deep cultural ties between the US, Europe, and Israel. For full biography see: Francesco Spagnolo, …
Haim Effendi
… and Albert. Their descendants spread to the Americas and to Israel. Haim was a quintessential Sephardi … uncommonly large number of commercial recordings from the early 20th century, speaks of his fame. This reputation is … taken from the liner notes accompanying the JMRC release An Early Twentieth-Century Sephardi Troubadour: The Historical …
Eliakum Zunser
… lived prior to moving to Vilna, where he was born. In his early youth he attended the 'Heder' and sang with cantor … he came under the influence of the Musar movement of R. Israel Salanter, and his songs (' Der Zeiger ' ('The Watch)' … at Koenigsberg by M.L. Rodkinson. When the pogroms of the early 1880s led to the founding of the pioneering Zionist …
Haim (Heinz) Alexander
… Wolpe, then with Hanoch Jacoby . His pieces from that early period were, however, romantic. He began gaining … style – modal chromaticism – as in his lively six Israeli Dances (1950), and after the “musical shock” (his … (voice and piano or chamber orchestra, 1984). … Israeli composer, pianist and teacher … 11807 … Haim (Heinz) …
Tzvi Avni
… Saarbrücken, immigrated in 1935, lives in Tel-Aviv). A 2001 Israel Prize laureate, Avni is one of the most performed of … has served in many institutional roles such as the chair of Israel Composers’ League and ISCM World Music Days (Israel, … but the piece is based on an original 12-note scale clearly related to his past writings. Also often-performed is …
Shoshana Damari
… Damari was born in Damar, Yemen in 1923. She was taken to Israel at the age of two. She started performing in an early age. She is considered as one of the greatest Israeli folk singers, and had international recognition as …